-=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD ROM Drive-Update
- From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:34:17 -0500
Sandi,
Yes, DVD drives will also handle CDs without problems. Most can even
handle CD-R and CD-RW duties if you want to burn something to CD.
It might help take away some of the mystery about playing inside a
computer if I provide you with some images of what you'll see once inside.
Every system has differences, depending on the components used, but they all
go together pretty much the same.
Labeled parallel cable
http://tinyurl.com/27kck6
Parallel data cable end (the blue one- but not always blue)
http://tinyurl.com/24wwja
SATA data cable (the one being held)
http://tinyurl.com/2hr2b8
Full case views
http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-03_J_07.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/2dqs9l
http://tinyurl.com/yqxnzv
http://tinyurl.com/18r
Peace,
GMan
http://reddit.com
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD ROM Drive-Update
>I think I may have been going under a false assumption that I had to have
> both a CD drive and a DVD drive. Can I use the DVD burner to install a
> program with CD's?
> Still eyeing this scary case with mixed feelings. Have pulled it out and
> looked it over for screws to unscrew in order to get into it. Before I
> look
> any more I need to unplug from the wall I suspect.
> Sure wish I had that miners cap with the flashlight on it.
> I have a pretty good battery supply!
> If I decide to get an external DVD burner I will probably order it on
> line.
> Sandi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:36 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD ROM Drive-Update
>
>
>> If you go for a new drive, skip the computer tech. Go to your favorite
>> Wal-Mart Super Center and purchase an HP External DVD Burner. It burns
>> ever
>> kind of DVD including RAM, DL and LightScribe. Simply install the
>> software
>> that comes with it and then plug it into an available USB port.
>>
>> Yes. It *is* that easy.
>>
>> Cost is about $90-100. About the same you will pay for an internal drive
>> and installation by a tech.
>>
>>
>> Don
>>
>
>
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